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Unsupervised for 8 days in Vegas

Las Vegas Trip Report December 13th to 20th 2003
This trip was taken with my brother in law Jason.

Day 1.
We flew out of Columbus Ohio on Southwest Airlines direct flight to Vegas.
No problems with the flight, plane was less than half full, arrived half an hour ahead of schedule and after a small wait at the baggage claim, our luggage was the first to come off the conveyor, unbelievable!
Went to Rio checked in got a bite to eat at the deli, not too good but it filled us up.
Got cleaned up played some VP and got a few Crown Royals & Gingers down.
Lots of eye candy in Rio on Saturday night.
I canâ€™t believe all the people playing black jack at the bikini tables, guys you can stand there and look at the girlies without playing an even money game. Hey it worked for us.
Walked over to Gold Coast, the rodeo finals were still going on and every cowboy in the free world was in here. We are Ohio country boys but we just did not fit in with the hat crowd here so we left and walked over to Palms. Was a nice new place but we just walked around awhile trying to figure out why so many young people want to spend their Saturday night standing in line trying to get into one of the clubs here. Went back to Rio for more VP, Crown, and Bevertainment.

Day 2.
Check out of Rio and head for the Stratosphere .
I asked the lady at the counter for a room in the new tower high up, we got it, the 23rd floor, nice clean room. Went to the Top of the World for lunch had a good sandwich and fries and they took our tower admission cost off of the check, this is the cheapest way to go up the tower for the view and eat at this restaurant that I know of. Went to the casino played the Wild Thing Slots and VP for a while had a couple of beers. Got on the bus and headed for Slots of Fun. Found a $3 let it ride table and played for about 20 minutes I left the table up about $25. Headed downtown watched some of the stage shows on the street and then went to the California for the prime rib special, it was good as always. Back to the Strat played slots, VP, and then tried the craps table bought in for $100 and lost about 60 bucks in half an hour. Decided to play VP at the bar and get even by putting a dent in the Strats supply of Crown.

Day 4.
Got up early showered and headed for the craps table, got about $25 of my previous loss here back, colored up and checked out. Next stop is Harrahâ€™s. Walk in and are met by the sound of jack-hammers and concrete saws, dealers are all wearing dust mask and there is a slot tournament in progress. I asked for and got a room high up in the Carnival Tower. Room is ok and far enough away from the construction. Ate at the buffet with a coupon that made it like 6 bucks each. Got there in time for breakfast and lunch items, had pancakes, bacon, fried chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, ham, prime rib and cheese cake. Hey Itâ€™s Vegas Baby! We never dropped a nickel through the casino at Harrahâ€™s. The main reason we stayed here was for the location. We played small amounts at many of the near by properties this day. Went to Ellis Island for supper and had the $4.95 steak special, it was very good this trip. Got cleaned up and went to Bellagio, picked out a VP machine in front of the Fontana Bar listened to the band for a couple of hours. Oh Yes Waitress, Please Crown Me.

Day 7.
Checked out of Rio, got in a taxi and headed for The Orleans. Jason checked us in and got us a nice room on the 19th floor with a view of the strip. We had played here during other stays but we had never stayed here before and other than our room being all the way down the hall from the elevator this place was great. They gave us both a coupon book with several free drink offers and a lot of other good stuff. We had lunch at Don Miguel's the shredded beef burrito is huge and came with rice, beans, chips, and salsa. We used the coupons for free margaritas here too. We headed to an empty craps table and I bought in for a hundred. Jason and I were both making some money and soon the table was about full and everyone was winning and having a great time. I was counting my chips and I had around 250 bucks so I asked for 4 green chips and put them in my pocket. Then this guy steps up and buys in for $400 and starts betting the dark side for $25. It was my turn to roll and I had 3 naturals in a row on my come out rolls. This guy starts cussing under his breath â€œThatâ€™s BSâ€ and looking ticked off. Too bad buddy â€¦ you should have known the table was hot by looking at everyoneâ€™s pile of chips and seeing how happy we all were. Then Mr. Dark Side gets to roll and I understand why he bets that way, the guy couldnâ€™t hit squat. After that the table turned cold, and I walked away, up about $100. We used all of our drink coupons and then started playing machines and ogling the cocktail waitresses, we just love their uniforms here, even though it makes it hard to walk through the casino without running into things. I wish I could get my wife to wear one of these outfits and bring me drinks at home. Ate supper at the French Market Buffet and it was very good. Played more machines and tried to dry out a little bit, as this was our last night.

Notes: Except for the two taxi rides mentioned in the report, we did all of our transportation on foot, the CAT busses and hotel shuttles, we had thirty day bus passes that cost $30 each and they were well worth it, even though we were unable to recycle them this time. We had a great time and seen a lot of Vegas this trip. We did not play any black jack this trip, we are fed up with standing on like 18 to the dealers 13 and then watching them draw 3 more cards and not bust. Also screw the big casinos and their lousy 6/5 and even money games, Iâ€™ll never play at this kind of table. Jason and I got along great and we went our separate ways when we wanted to do different things. I have a trip booked to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon in May and stay at Phantom Ranch, I think Iâ€™ll try to tack on a couple of days in Vegas too. Until then Iâ€™ll have to get my Vegas fix through the rest of the T2V gangs trip reports.

hey Scott, nice trip report.. sounds like you found some fun. I can't believe you went for the "value play" with the extra shot of grain.. I did that once before too.. it's like drinking paint thinner... but after three of 4 of them.. my entire group was flashing under the canopy. Haa.. great report.. thanks for the read. Peace, rugbysteve

Heathcat,
The lesson was daily while we were there.
They also have a low limit tournament, I think twice a day for a $25 buy in you play till you loose your entry or win the tournament, I don't remember the times for this though.
Good-Luck!

Coaster Kikky,
Couldn't have been 3 parts of two, perhaps 3 of 4 or 5. I can tell you that by the time the waitress at Rio was finished with me all parts were drunk, I couldn't find my butt with both hands if a bell was tied to it.